viking jeweled winged man of uppaakra bronze Middeleeuwse rokken It was only from the

It was only from the 9th century onwards that the Vikings employed these decorations as brooches

The sword has a cruel and frightening appearance

This Viking tent is based on various early medieval depictions

These ankle boots are based on originals that were worn between 1350 and 1440

This gladius has a faux ivory grip with a pommel and hilt

viking jeweled winged man of uppaakra bronze Middeleeuwse rokken It was only from theThe piece of jewellery is a replica of an 8th10th century original discovered in 1990 in a cemetery near Uppkra. The winged man symbolises Wieland the blacksmith, a demigod blacksmith from Old Norse and Old Frisian mythology. The figure appeared also in Germanic and earlier Indo European mythology.